Rapid client-side component processing based on component relationships

Abstract

A client database manager can cause a memory of a client device on a client side of a network to store a first component, a second component, and a relationship value representing a dependent relationship between the first component and the second component. A client processing module can cause a processor to receive, after the storing, a request to process the first component at the client device. The client database manager can send to the server side of the network a request for an update of at least one of the first component or the second component. The client processing module can cause the processor to process at the client device, before receiving a response to the request for the update from the server side of the network, at least a portion of the first component and at least a portion of the second component based on the relationship value.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a divisional of, and claims priority to, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 841,856, filed on Jul. 22, 2010, entitled “RAPID CLIENT-SIDE COMPONENT PROCESSING BASED ON COMPONENT RELATIONSHIPS”, which is incorporated herein by reference in entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]This description relates to component execution at a network client.BACKGROUND[0003]In a client-server computing paradigm, components (e.g., application components) can be efficiently maintained (e.g., stored, processed) at a server (e.g., a server device) on a server side of a network while the server may provide access to the components and their output on an as-needed basis to clients (e.g., client devices) where they may be as efficiently maintained. The components can be, for example, user interface components, stand-alone applications, etc. In this computing paradigm, a client application running on a client, such as a personal computer, can be confi...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a system and method for managing components and relationships between them in a computer network. The system can receive requests to process components and send requests to retrieve components to a server. The system can also define relationships between components on the server and send them to clients. The technical effects of this system include improving the performance and efficiency of processing components in a network and simplifying the management of complex component relationships.

Problems solved by technology

Although this computing paradigm can be implemented to efficiently use the relatively large resources of the server for computationally expensive operations related to the components while preserving the relatively limited computing of the client for less intensive processing (e.g., display, execution), round-trip request / response cycles between the client and the server can significantly impact performance at the client.

In this scenario, processing of the components at the client may be delayed as the request / response cycles between the client and server are being performed, and the computing resources of the client may be underutilized.

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